Chicken brooder



April 13 1926. 1,580,580

c. F. BRONSON- CHICKEN BROODER Filed Dec. 22, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l April 13 1926.

1,580,580 c. F. BRONsoN CHICKEN BROODER Filed Dec. 22, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheetl 2 w1 um Z Patented Apr. 13, 1926.

unirse cLAunn BRotIsoN, or FINDLAY, oHIo.

'CHICKEN BRooiiER.

Application ated nebenher 22, 1924. Se'rjiaiNp. 757,415.

To all whom-Zr may concern.:

Be it 'known that @Laune F. B'noNso'N, la citizen of vthe United States, residing at Findlay, in the county of Hancock andStat'e of Ohio, has invented certain new andvuseful Improvements in Chicken Broeders, of which the follow is a specification.

This invention relates to chickenv broeders and has special reference to an iniproted water heated chicken broeder.

One important object oit the invention is to improve. the general construction ot broeders of this description.

A second important object `of the invention is to provide an improved water heated chicken brooder wherein an electric element is used for heating the water and novel arrangement is made for insuring proper distribution of the heated water.

A third importantA object ot' the invention is to provide an improved form of chicken brooder wherein special arrangements are made of novel character varying the heighty between two water compartments, one ofl which acts as the roof and the other the Floor, while keeping these. compartments in communication so that Ywater might circulate from one to the other. f

With the above and other objects in view as will be hereinafter apparent, the invention consists in general of certain novel details oi construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and

` Figure 1 is a side elevation of a brooder constructed in accordance with this invention, a part of the curtain used therewith being broken away.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2--2 ot Figure l.

Figure 3 is 'a fragmentary plan View ot-r the broeder, and Figure 4 is a detail central longitudinal section of one of the' flexible tubes for'connecting the upperV and lower water compartments.v

In the construction of this brooder there is provided an upper water compartment 10 of' conicall form and this vcoinpartment is providedat its ltop portion with a lling in let l1. f p' Beneath the compartm'ent 10 and spaced below ,the same is a vlower water compartiment 12, preferablyof cylindrical form and on" this lower compartmentpare carried vsup'- porting standards 13, which have threaded upper extremities passing through suitable thirnbles 14 at fthe periphery 'ofthe upper compartment, thesetl'ireaded ends being provided with adjusting nuts 15 so that by rotating these nuts the upper compartment can be moved toward and from the lower compartment, thus regulating the height between the two. compartment are a plurality ot upper conveX tube sections 16 andextending upwardly from the lower compartment in alinemenft therewith areA lower tube sections 17, each lower section being connected to a respective upper vsection by a flexible tube 18 so that ment of one with respect to the other.

compartment is a fabric kcurtain 19, pret'- erably made of flannel. and slit at intervals to allow ingress and egress of the chickens. Beneath the low r compartment 12 is loiiated an electric heatingr element 20 oit any pre- Jerred form but prc'ferabiy so designed that when turned on fully the lower compartment is heated to substantially 110O l". The .ordinary feed wire 21 leads to this heating 'rises through the 'tubes 1G, thus heating the upper Vcompartment by convection, the water flowing downward through certain of these tubesto replace that whichvrises from the lower compartment. Under these circumstances the upper ,oinpartmV will be Depending from the upper the connection of the upper and lower water compartments do not hinder vertical adjust pending yfrom the periphery of the .upper warmer than the lower, a condition vcrT conducive to health in little chickens since this condition closelgvv approximates the natural hovering of a hen, that is to say, greater warmth above than beiow. Thus while the chickens are kept 'from being chilled their feet are not made tender by excessive heat on the tioor.

There has thus been provided a simple and eiicient device of the. lrind described and for thc purpose specified.

t is obvious that minor changes may be made in the torni and construction ot the invention without departing from the material spirit thereof. It is not therefore, desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is desired to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

in the above specication, descriptions and drawings, the invention is described in connection with an electric heating device. The invention is not restricted, however, to such an electric heating device but can be used in connection with heating devices using liquid and gas fue-ls ot various sorts.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

A chicken lbrooder including an upper water compartment forming a broeder root, a lower water compartment spaced below the upper con'ipartment and forming a broeder floor, means to heat the lower compartment, water circulating' connection tubes each having upper and lower terminal portions connected to the upper and lower water coinpartments, respectively, each of said tubes further having a flexible central portion connecting the respective upper `and lower portions, standards carried by the lower water compartment and engaging the upper coxnpertinent, and nuts on said standards to adjust the height of the upper compartment above the lower compartment.

n testimony whereof he atiixes his nature.

CLAUDE F. BRONSN. 

